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By Ariel Niforatos, GlobeMed at The University of Notre Dame Human trafficking is an ancient yet persistent and very real current global issue that has now created a global health dilemma. The National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) and Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) define trafficking as “modern-day slavery” and sex trafficking as the use […]

Much work to be done: Donor funding remains integral to health For many countries, development assistance for health is just a small portion of their total health budget. In 2012, low- and middle-income countries spent twice as much money on health than donors spent to improve health in these countries according to a new report […]

From the 13th-16th July, delegates from the UN, world governments, and business and civil sectors (http://bit.ly/1MSgeC2) gathered in Addis Ababa to formulate a strategy to fund these worryingly broad SDGs (http://bit.ly/1fAEKg6). *To read more about the SDGs read Hannah Collins’ post ‘The SDGs: destined to fail?’ on our website–> http://bit.ly/1MvQSNu * In the immediate aftermath […]